Cement-post wire-holder.



A. J. RADER.

CEMENT POST WIRE HOLDER.

APPLIOATIOK FILED JULYZZ, 1914.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

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ARTHUR J. BAIDER, OF CHESTERTON, INDIANA.

CEMENT-POST WIRE-HOLDER.

Application filed July 22, 1914.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. Rannn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chesterton, in the county of Porter and State of Indiana,have invented new and useful Improvements in Cement-Post ire- Holders,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in fences and more particularlyto a cement or composition post wire holder for wire fences.

It is the object of this invention to provide a wire holder for cementor composition posts which will be held firmly in the completed post andmay be secured in position by the material of the post during theformation of the post.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a wire holder thatmay be readily engaged by the wire and will support the Wire of thefence without additional tying or securing means.

The advantages of this invention are that, as the wire holders aresecured at proper distance in the post, in constructing the fence thewire is merely passed laterally through the holder and then tightenedhorizontally to the proper tension, and, if de sired, with thisconstruction the wires for the full length of the fence may be laid outon the ground along the line of posts and each strand readily andquickly secured to the post.

While the preferred form of this invention is illustrated upon theaccompanying sheet of drawing, yet it is to be understood that minordetail changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof.

Figure l is a view in front elevation of a composition fence post towhich is secured this improved wire holder, illustrating one wire beingplaced in engagement and the other wires engaged by the holders. Fig. 2is a view in side elevation, partly in section, of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is anenlarged detail View in side elevation of the improved holder. Fig. 4 isa top plan view of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view in front elevation of Fig.3.

The wire holder A in accordance with Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented Mar. .9, 1915.. Serial No. 852,418.

this invention is formed from a strip of metal bent centrally uponitself with the free portions 1 diverging from the bend 2 and the ends 3bent toward each other in the same plane. The ends of the strip areterminated by oppositely disposed angular edges 4 each preferably cut anangle of 1-5 degrees to the side edges, so that when the ends are benttoward each other in the same plane an angular opening with parallelsides will be found of a suflicient width to admit the passage laterallytherethrough of the wire C to be supported and held thereby.

The holder A may be supported in the mold before it is filled withcement or other composition to form the post B or may be forced into andfilled around while the post is still plastic, with the slotted endextending a sutlicient distance from the outer face of the post toreceive the wire between it and the ends 3 of the holder. If desired thefree portions 1 of the holder may be provided with openings 5 in linewith each other through which a reinforcing and tying rod 6 may pass formore firmly securing the holder to the post.

The holders are spaced apart the proper distance desired in accordancewith the number of strands or wires to be used in the fence and when atie rod 6 is used it may be passed through the openings of all theholders A in the post and will assist in securing the slotted ends 3 atthe same distance from the post face.

It is readily seen from Fig. 1 that the wire is inserted laterallythrough the slotted opening in the holder by bending a short length atthe angle of the opening and thereafter when brought to the horizontalit will be securely supported and held to the post without anyadditional securing means, and as the horizontal strands of a wire fenceare normally placed under ten sion there will be no liability of thewire becoming disengaged from the holder.

What I claim is The combination with a composition post of a pluralityof one-piece wire holders embedded therein formed from strips of metalbent centrally upon themselves each having 5 in the same plane the bendembedded Within the post and the free portions projecting substantiallyhorizontally beyond the post in line with each other and the ends benttoward each other 7 having angular spaced apart parallel end edges forthe passage of a Wire, and a tie rod Within the post passing Copies ofthis patent may he obtained for through apertures provided therefor inthe body of the interior portions of each Wire E. W. AGAR, ARTHUR E.NICKEL.

five cents each, bf? addressing the commissioner of Yatents,

Washington, D. C.

